I live in the UK, and I've been told (well only by my father) that you're allowed in public to have anything up to 3 inches long for personal use (like a penknife), and other than that you need a special reason - like carrying kitchen knifes if you are a chef etc. I think this is right because he sometimes goes stalking (animals not people!), and for this he takes a fairly big knife with him, and he thought he should find out the law before he just went out with some dangerous looking knife.
I use my penknife to harm, and friends have found it in my handbag before and been like what the hell, but I've just said its for protection and it's something i always carry. Also I never take it anywhere your bag may be searched, like a nightclub, museam, obviously airport etc.
Hope this helps, take care. X
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